{"product_id":"the-midnight-hour-9780593976234","title":"The Midnight Hour","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this thrilling, richly woven novel that spans from bustling London streets to the boulevards of Paris, a woman with a dark family secret tries to turn back the hands of time before it's too late.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wonderful twisty novel of family and secrets--the perfect summer read.\"--Kate Morton, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Homecoming \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNotting Hill, London: One May evening, seventeen-year-old Maggie Parker's mother walks out of their front door and doesn't return. With her little brother in tow, desperate to find their mother, Maggie is drawn into a labyrinthine world of secondhand shops and shadowy figures, far from the grand townhouses in her comfortable neighborhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Maggie struggles to maintain a stable life for herself and her brother, she befriends Wolf, another young person also living on his wits alone. But can he help solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance--or will her growing feelings for him just cause her further pain, upending her life even more? When she discovers that her beloved house now holds a dangerous new secret, and Wolf is involved, Maggie, heartbroken, makes her escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-one years later, in her Paris apartment, Maggie gets a phone call that shatters her hard-won new life. While in London, the incoming owner of the Parkers' old Notting Hill house is excavating the basement, unaware of what might lie beneath--and the clock starts ticking on buried secrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEve Chase\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally bestselling British novelist who writes rich, layered, and suspenseful novels, thick with secrets, unforgettable characters, and settings. Her previous novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Birdcage; The Daughters of Foxcote Manor\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e top ten bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick in the UK; \u003ci\u003eThe Wildling Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award; and \u003ci\u003eBlack Rabbit Hall, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of Paris's Saint-Maur en Poche prize for Best Foreign Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552930660626,"sku":"9780593976234","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ce47a5fe-0a6d-49f4-b068-8f85834cb423.jpg?v=1754913503","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-midnight-hour-9780593976234","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}